Corset



Patented .fune 23, '1936 UNITED STATES4 PATENT oFFicE coasE'r Otto D. Mowry, Evanston, Ill., assignor'to I. Newman & Sons, Inc., New Haven, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application August 2z, 1935, serial No. 37,3 89

. 7 Claims. This invention relates to lcorsets and has for an kobject to provide an improved construction a corset having a corset body and a brassire section or formation with constricting and slidl able means for holding the brassire section in the desired functioning position while permitting ready exing of the body in any direction. 4 An additional object of the invention is to provide a corset having a brassirev section carried and supported by the corset body without the use of shoulder straps, and means for automatically adjusting the side and top line of the brassire as well as under the arms and back so that the desired support and t is secured at all times.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a corset having a brassire portion wherein the breast pockets are supported through the use of wire or similar stiifening members positioned to substantially surround the pockets and arranged with a sliding supporting bar or section extending between the breast pockets and slidingly mounted in a pocket of the corset body so that the desired supportand the desired exibility are secured.

In the accompanying drawingj Figure 1 is a front view of avcorset disclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the corset shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 1 on the line3-3;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the reinforcing and supporting member `illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing a slightly modied construction of supporting member. v'

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, I indicates a corset body which is shown of the step-in type and which is provided with a. slide fastener 2 at the rear extending from the top of the rear part of lthe brassire section 3 and downwardly to a point below the waistline. If desired, suitable stiiening honing 50 or stay members may be arranged in the pockets 4 and 5, said pockets being arranged at or adja- .cent the sides of the garment. s

It will be noted that the garmentis not supplied with shoulder straps and, consequently, the

brassire section 3 is not only carried by the corset body I, but the various parts are supported in proper position without the use oi shoulder straps, which result is secured through the use of a supporting member 6 which, as shown in Fig. 4, is formed from wire and is bent to pro- 5 vide the respective loops 1 and 8 and a central section 9' adapted to slide freely in the pocket I0.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the same struc-l ture is present except that the loops 'I and 8 are secured by welding or otherwise at Il a at piece 10 of metal/I2 which takes the place of the section 9 when the device is in use. The support 6 is arranged so that the section 9 is in the pocket IB, while the loops 'I and 8 are tted into the hems or sockets I3 and I4 of the respective breast 15- pockets l5 and I6. The loops 'I and 8 are suiliciently long to completely encircle the upper half of the breast pockets and then extend around the center of the back under the arms, as shown in Fig. 2, and vtherefore present a bendable and 20 also resilient support for the pockets and for the breasts when the garment is in use. In this Way the body of the person wearing the garment is supported and constricted by the corset vbody I, while the breasts are supported by the brassire 25 without the use of shoulder straps. f

The brassire at the front is really an extension of the corset body, while at the-sides and rear there are provided elastic sections or panels I1 and I8, to which are secured diagonal panels I9 30 and 20. y These panels are formed of Laste'x orf?? other elastic material. By reason of the position of the panels I9 and 20, which gives a diagonal pull, the sides and upper part of the breast pockets are automatically adjusted. This auto- 35 matic adjustment of the topline of the brassire and under-arm adjustment of the corset.V is through the action ofthese La'stex or elastic members pulling diagonally or obliquely on the center back toward the under-arm: portions or panels 40 I1 and I8. By reason of the structure just de-' scribed, the breast pockets are supported from above, which as shown in Fig. 2 means are provided for supporting these pockets from below. 'I'hese means consist of reinforcing stays 2| and 45 22 which may be -of wire, metal, or other materiaLarraged in the respective pockets 23 and 24 forming the bottom edge portion of the breast pockets. Diagonal stays 25 and 26 are arranged in pockets 21 and 28 and act to support the stays 50 l 2| and 22, said diagonal pockets merging into the 'pocket Il) and the diagonal braces 25 and 26 braced against the pocket III and the section 9 which it contains. In this way a three-point suspension is secured. It will be obsewed that 55 the pockets are secured on ythe lower edge portion and by reason of the supporting element 6 they are supported by a continuous one-piece member at the top with a part extending over the diaphragm, said latter part sliding in the pocket Ill in case the person wearing the corset should bend toward the front. .n

The body I may be made of substantially inelastic material, or, if preferred, the front could bemade somewhat elastic longitudinally and the back somewhat elastic circumferentially.

I claim:

1. A garment of the character described including a corset body and a brassire, the corset body and brassire at the back being open, the

opening in the corset body extending to a short distance below the waistline, disengageable fasteners for drawing the corset body and brassire together at said opening, said brassire being provided with a pair of breast pockets, and a supporting structure therefor, said supporting structure including a straight section extending between the breast pockets downwardly to overlap the corset body, a pocket carried by the `brassire and corset bodyguiding said section, and integral loops extending from said section, said loops extending around the upper edge of the breast pockets under the arms and to the center of the back to a point adjacent the top of said openings, and a pocket for each of said loops, said pockets forming the upper portion of the respective breast pockets at the top and merging into the upper edge of the brassire under the arms and back.

2. A garment of the character described including a corset body and a brassire merging together, said brassire being formed with a pair of breast pockets, and means partly carried by the brassire and partly by the corset body presenting independent supports for the pockets at the lower edge and a support for each of the pockets at their upper edges, said support comprising a loopedw'ire connected to the upper edge of each pocket and partly encircling the pocket and a central supporting bar merging into the respective wires encircling said pockets, whereby the pockets are supported without the use of shoulder straps.

3. A garment of the character described including a corset body and a brassire, said brassire having a pair of breast pockets, said brassire being cut low at the back, the back gradually merging into the sides and the breast pockets at the front, and a-resilient reinforcing member having a pair of loops, said reinforcing member also having a straight section extending between the breast pockets downwardly and the loops Y fitted over the upper part of the breast pockets and extending along the edge of the4 brassire to the center of the back, saidbrassire being formed with pockets for receiving the loops whereby the loops will act to support the upper edge of the brassireinciuding the breast pockets.

4. In a garment of the character described in` cluding a corset body and a brassire, a reinforcing member for the upper edge of the brassire 5 comprising a support having a straight section extending downwardly centrally of the front of the brassire and said body and a pair of diverging loops integral with said straight section positioned to extend around the upper edge of the brassire for supporting the same. I

5. A combined corset and brassire, comprising a corset body section and a brassire section, said brassire section having a pair of breast pockets, a reinforcing and stiiening member of metal ar- 15 ranged at the lower part of each breast pocket, a reinforcing and stiffening stay for supporting said reinforcing members, said stays being arranged diagonally, and a metallic supporting member for the upper part of the breast pockets 20 and the upper edge of the side and rear of the brassire section, said supporting member including a pair of metallic loops and a central straight section.

6. A- step-in corset comprising a body and a 25 brassire having breast pockets, said brassire merging into said body at the upper edge of the body, said body being open at the back from the upper edge downwardly for part of the length of the corset, said brassire having at the rear a 30 pair of diagonally arranged elastic members acting to give a diagonal downward pull on the end portions of the brassire, a slide fastener for disengageably securing the elastic'sections together and also the opening in the vback of the corset body, and stiffening and supporting means for said breast pockets, said stiffening and supporting means including an arc-shaped bar at the lower edge of each of said pockets, a diagonally positioned bracing bar for each arc-shaped bar, 40

Vand a vertically positioned bar carried by the front of the corset-body at the center thereof, said vertically positioned bar merging into two loops at the upper end, said loops being slidably connected to the upper edges of the respective breast pockets.

7. A garment of the character described, including a corset body and a brassire, said brassire'including a pair of breast pockets, an arcshaped stiifening member at the lower edge of each pocketfo'r supporting the respective pockets at the bottom portion, a diagonally arranged stay bar engaging each of said stifiening members, and a partly encircling sliding stiifening member for each of said breast pockets supporting the pockets at the upper edge thereof, said last-mentioned stiifening members being anchored centrally of the upper part of the garment.

OTIO D. MOWRY. 

